Tuesday, December 5, 2017

environmental cost of free two-day shipping

Although online shopping probably uses less gas than everyone driving to the mall, this benefit may be negated by "rush" two-day shipping options that force a merchant to send delivery trucks out half full.
He argues that merchants should have a "green" delivery option, where the merchant tries to minimize the number of delivery truck on the road by consolidations shipping.

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